Sophie's Revenge (2009)

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* Movie: Sophie's Revenge
* Chinese: 菲常完美 (Fei Chang Wan Mei)
* Korean: 소피의 복수 (Sopiui Boksu)
* Director: Yimeng Jin
* Writer: Yimeng Jin
* Producer: Ziyi Zhang
* Cinematographer:
* Release Date: August 12, 2009 (China)
* Runtime: 108 min.
* Studio: CJ Entertainment
* Language: Mandarin
* Country: China, South Korea

Plot

Sophie (Ziyi Zhang) is a talented cartoonist who seems to have it all – a successful career, great friends, and the perfect, handsome, fiancé, Jeff (Ji-seob So), a surgeon who her mother adores. So when Jeff is stolen away by Anna (Bingbing Fan), a beautiful actress, Sophie wants revenge.

The first step in her plan, “Sympathy and Understanding,” fails, as does the second step, “Nostalgia.” Sophie’s friends invite her out to a party to cheer her up, but she runs into Jeff and Anna. She also runs into Gordon (Peter Ho), a photographer, who apparently has been recently dumped by Anna. She quickly elicits his help in her revenge campaign.

With Gordon, Sophie continues to implement the other steps of her plan. But “Reinvention” fails. So does “Entrapment.” Gordon reluctantly agrees to help Sophie with “Arousing Jealousy,” where they both behave like lovers in front of Jeff and Anna. Finally, something in her plan begins to work: Jeff seems to be jealous. A thrilled Sophie is convinced that the next step, “Search and Rescue,” will be her final winning move.

But Gordon refuses to help, and confesses that he has fallen in love with Sophie, who, sooner than expected, is confronted by a repentant Jeff who wants her back! Who should she choose for true love and happiness?
Notes

1. Sophie's Revenge has an estimated budget of $7.3 million and was filmed from January 15 through April 23, 2009.
2. Chinese movie title "Fei Chang Wan Mei" means literally "very perfect".
3. Sophie's Revenge marks the first time actress Ziyi Zhang stars in a romantic-comedy and the first time she works as a producer for the film.

Cast

Ziyi Zhang as Sophie
Ji-seob So as Jeff
Bingbing Fan as Anna
Peter Ho as Gordon
Ruby Lin as Lucy
Chen Yao as Lily

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